1. pry out. 6. evoke, educe, draw out, elicit. Extract,exact,extort,wrest imply using force to remove something. To extract is to draw forth something as by pulling, importuning, or the like: to extract a confession by torture. To exact is to impose a penalty, or to obtain by force or authority, something to which one lays claim: to exact payment. To extort is to wring something by intimidation or threats from an unwilling person: to extort money by threats of blackmail. To wrest is to take by force or violence in spite of active resistance: The courageous minority wrested power from their oppressors.7. withdraw, distill. 10. citation, selection. 11. decoction, distillation.

To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.

To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.

To determine or calculate the root of a number.

n. (ěk'strākt') Abbr. ext.

A concentrated preparation of a drug obtained by removing the active constituents of the drug with suitable solvents, evaporating all or nearly all of the solvent, and adjusting the residual mass or powder to the prescribed standard.

A preparation of the essential constituents of a food or a flavoring; a concentrate.